Friday, September 7, 2018

Happy Go Clucky

One thing I love about Switzerland is the signs all over the area educating the populous, local and foreign, about what is happening on the land around you.

Here is a sign about the local chicken/egg production in front of a farmer's hen house:

"Laying Hens..."

The top part of the sign translates to:"More than 10 million chickens are kept in Switzerland, of which around
2.5 million are responsible for egg production. The average egg
consumption per capita in Switzerland is 180 per year. This means that
one laying hen produces eggs for two (persons) per year.
Self-sufficiency in table eggs in Switzerland was 75 percent."

Despite all the educational signs, the eternal question remains: which came first, the happy chicken or the happy egg?

Happy hens smiling.

The eggs look happy, don't they?

I may be accused of fowl (word) play with this poem, but I stand by it (literally):